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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
6
The Jefferson ROTC drill team will perform at Alamo Stadium on November 11 as part of Armistice Day observances. The ROTC unit will participate in the parade and dedicate the program to the memorial event.
Students at Armistice Day program in the auditorium at 10 a.m. plan a theme of Americanism and its challenge to youth. Reading, drama, and a Mae committee ceremony are scheduled as the community is invited to attend.
Woodlawn school staged a travel show led by a high third grade class on Monday. Students, parents, and teachers toured imaginary destinations and visited facilities while presenting a football game at Alero stadium and other attractions.
Columbia University figures among 34 states and Hawaii in a national contest. Sense Wae, editor of the Prize-winning ISO yearboat, reports the event this week.
Ogden and Highland Park Elementary report Monday routines and student clubs while Agnes Cotton and Jefferson junior class members hold offices. A poetry feature by Lois Holland reflects Halloween themes, and a Tech garment unit aids hospital donations with a $50 Red Cross collection noted by Joan Robertson.
Robert Escoter and David Barkley’s third grade class received praise from teachers and supervisors for the fine craft shown in cutouts created for a Thanksgiving tableau display. The students contributed the cutouts for Dawig, who then colored them, adding to the overall presentation.
A fourth grade project at Hood School presents a harvest display titled Harvest Display At School featuring more than 100 items from Texas farms. The exhibit includes grains processed and canned and a section with five chickens and a live duck as part of an agriculture education effort. Students and teachers listed include Doloree Ar, Maca Mitchell Buttros, and several others.
Edgewood students back to Edgewood High for pep squad renewal and new uniforms ahead of a November 15 rally. Fifth grade honors announced for C J Collins and HM Vetters with top awards, while Tom Thunb is named basketball captain. Edgewood council picks leaders including Pearl Caldwell and Jo Nell Bineart as officers.
The second grade at Ogden school crafted stick puppets to aid reading lessons. They cut out characters colored and mounted them, using the puppets to act out self written plays. Students named include Hearnspe ward Cowles Stary Neton Mataerty and many others.
In a playful scene a hen sits in a room while children observe the hatching of eggs and the newborn chicks. The youngsters watch the chicks eat and care for themselves and are writing a story about the event.
The student advisory slate for the fall term at Jefferson Senior School includes Carolyn Wright as president Grace Mauer Swann as vice president David Kerr as secretary Katie Hill as treasurer Barbara Krish as reporter Ho Prep Whitt as parliamentarian
Thirty two members of the pre primer grade at Barley School have completed a series of diorama boxes showing the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock and their first Thanksgiving. The projects reflect early classroom efforts to depict historical events with simple crafts.
A Knox School project uses a small booth and microphones to let fourth graders broadcast stories over a station. Students like Bile Boil, Edward Burkhart, Jett Thomas, and many others contribute as part of a broader history of communication study. the Thalian club at Jefferson Senior School elects new officers led by Jeanne Bowden as president and June Graham as vice president.
A school display at Ogden presents a study of Indian life and love prepared by both lower and higher primary pupils. Five students acted Indians in the program and several names are listed as contributors to the exhibit and its construction.
Phyllin Batterkon, a sophomore, is elected president of the Gine rat clib at Our Lady of the Take rrliege. Other officers elected include vice president Martin Pawalek secretary treasurer and Gladys Bchivitz as representative.
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